Cesson-Sévigné (Rennes), France
2019 – ongoing
program: Construction of a complex for innovative offices: workstations, hall with reception, work café, meeting and training rooms, conviviality areas, spaces for temporary activities, co-working spaces, accessible terraces and a three-level underground parking
> total area: 7 610 sqm SDP
> hall: 1 500 sqm
> co-working: 1 250 sqm
> offices: 3 750 sqm
> terraces: 800 sqm
> underground parking: 328 parking places
> external parking: 11 parking places
client: NGE Concessions
project: Alfonso Femia / Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia with
landscaper: BASE
structural, services, environmental engineering and economy control office: BETOM Ingénierie
environmental engineering: LAB Ingénierie
contractor: CARDINAL EDIFICE
energy levels and certifications:
– BREEAM. Performance level detected: very good
– Well being. Performance level detected: Silver
images: ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia & Diorama
Being at the center of a place can imply that we have our own autonomy but also highlight an identity that is capable of interacting with the context.
A simple form that offers a vertical stratification where the base is transparent and active.
A sequence that creates a perception between interior and exterior landscape.
A rhythm that offers a landscape within the landscape.
An urban facade that runs down the Boulevard and slowly opens up onto a small and inviting internal courtyard, with convivial spaces and a garden.
Rhythm and sequence become the structure of the project, floor by floor, facade by facade; creating a dialogue with light but also with the vertical concrete elements that make the volume unitary, while respecting the will of the building to rely on its glazed base.
A unitary and simple building, whose difference is expressed through each facade, each perspective, thanks to a continuous dialog with the context.
To redefine the identity of a place in order to restore its value.
Alfonso Femia